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Definition of Behoof
1. n. Advantage; profit; benefit; interest; use.
Definition of Behoof
1. Noun. (archaic) Advantage or benefit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Behoof
1. use, advantage, or benefit [n -HOOVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Behoof
Literary usage of Behoof
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archeological Society by James Simpson, Richard Saul Ferguson, William Gershom Collingwood (1876)
"want of such issue to the use and behoof of the Third Fourth Fifth and every
other sun of the said Susanna Richmond lawfully begotten successively and the ..."
2. Reports of Divers Special Cases, Adjudged in the Courts of King's Bench ...by Sir Thomas Raymond, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer by Sir Thomas Raymond, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer (1803)
"... to the ufe and behoof of the fourth fon of the body nf the faid Edward Li fie
lawfully to be begotten, and the heirs males of the body of the ftid ..."
3. The Statutes at Large of South Carolina by South Carolina, Thomas Cooper, David James McCord (1841)
"... on the south side of ihe river, may be vested in the said James Hunter, in
trust for and to the use and behoof of the said James Murray, his executors, ..."
4. The Law of Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Mercantile Sequestration, in Scotland by John Hill Burton (1845)
"Money in third party's hands for Creditor's behoof.—The statute will not carry
funds which have been placed by the bankrupt in the hands of a third party, ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1891)
"1719), ac- trust for the use and behoof of ' Margaret Hewes and of Ruperta, my
naturall daughter begotten on the bodie of the said Margaret Hewes, ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: From by Francis Vesey, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1827)
"... his ° " cutors, administrators, and assigns, for ever, to and for his and
their own proper utf and behoof, a trust estate did not pass. ..."
7. Styles of Deeds and Instruments: In Accordance with the Titles to Land by John Hendry, John Thompson Mowbray (1878)
"BOND and DISPOSITION in Security by the Partners o/ a Company over Subjects vested
in some of the Partners in trust for behoof of the Company. ..."
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